This is an analysis of the poem Jack And Joan that begins with:

Jack and Joan they think no ill,
But loving live, and merry still;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aaddbbdd eeffggff ggbbhhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 11011101 1111111 01010101 1110101 11010101 1110101 11010001 11110101 11110101 1100101 11011101 1010101 11010101 1110010 11011101 1111101 11010011 1111101 11010101 1111111 10111101 1011101 11011111 1110111 11010101 1110111 11001101 1110101 11110101 1111111 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your are repeated.

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